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Mashable's Upcoming Guide to Conferences and Events

Here's Mashable's latest round-up of upcoming Web 2.0 events, parties, and conferences. Not on this list? Contact us and let's establish a media partnership. :)

August 10-12, 2008: Mashable is pleased to announce that we are a sponsor of Affiliate Summit 2008 East, which is taking place August 10-12 in Boston and expects about 2,500 attendees. The keynote speaker will be Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, NJ. Affiliate Summit Inc. is the premier affiliate marketing conference and was founded in 2003 by affiliate marketing industry veterans, Shawn Collins and Missy Ward to serves the affiliate marketing professional community. Affiliate marketers know not to miss this event. Find out how to save 15% off.

August 14-16, 2008: The New Media Expo is the world's most popular convention for online audio and video creators and will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Expo is a hands-on, exciting, "how-to" event with practical conference sessions about how to produce high-quality online audio and video content, grow a loyal audience, and market or monetize that content in creative ways. Congratulations to Ben Parr for winning a ticket from Mashable!

August 21, 2008: Community Next::Monetize is an exclusive expo bringing together top advertisers and publishers/bloggers/app developers. The goal is to connect these influential groups and help publishers find new and better ways to monetize and of course have fun in the process. There will be a free delicious lunch and an open bar all afternoon. Want more information? Visit our CommunityNext::Monetize announcement for the skinny.

September 6-7, 2008: SearchCamp is designed to be an affordable and fun way for small businesses and marketers to learn about how to market their businesses online. Topics range from Pay Per Click Advertising (PPC), Search Engine Optimization (SEO Basics) to Public Relations & the Internet and Web 2.0 Technologies. Speakers are from the local Philadelphia area as well as New York City and Washington D.C. including well known blogging authors Geoff Livingston, Debbie Weil and search experts like Mike Grehan and Kevin Ryan. The event will coincide with PodCamp Philly. Read more about SearchCamp Philly.

September 7-9, 2008 Be the first to see the most innovative, marketing defining new technologies unveiled for the very first time. Attend DEMOfall 08 on September 7-9, 2008 in San Diego. Mashable readers are invited to attend for a special rate of only $2,395 – a $600 savings off our regular rate. Click here to learn more and register: http://www.demo.com/F8mashable

September 8, 2008: The Inbound Marketing Summit brings together experts in the field of inbound marketing to share the latest strategies, tools, and best practices to utilize inbound marketing methods to grow your business. In order to remain competitive, businesses need to be found on the web and leverage inbound marketing techniques to reach customers with targeted messages that customers seek out, not ignore.

Learn about search engine optimization, business blogging, social media marketing, optimizing landing pages, closed loop marketing, and more. Keynoting the event are best-selling marketing authors and bloggers Seth Godin (Permission Marketing, Purple Cow, Meatball Sundae, and more) and David Meerman Scott (The New Rules of Marketing & PR). More information and a discount code are here.

September 10th, 2008: Join The E.Factor for an evening filled with some of the brightest minds and learn how this economy could be a prosperous time for start-ups and Entrepreneurs alike. More information, agenda, and registration information can be found here.

September 18, 2008: The Houston Interactive Marketing Association presents “Interactive Strategies: Secrets Exposed,” a full day conference in Houston, Texas, on September 18, 2008. Interactive Strategies is the South Coast’s rogue interactive marketing conference featuring Tara Hunt as the keynote speaker. Breakout sessions will cover topics in social media, SEO, and digital media. More conference details and a 20% discount for registration can be found in the official announcement on Mashable.

September 19-21, 2008: Join Mashable staffers in Las Vegas for BlogWorldExpo, the first and only industry-wide tradeshow, conference, and media event dedicated to promoting the dynamic industry of blogging and new media. BlogWorld also features over 50 seminars, panel discussions and keynotes from iconic personalities on the leading-edge of online technology and Internet-savvy business.

ALSO, this year, Mashable is ready to help organize booths and sponsors for BlogWorldExpo! Got what it takes? Email us at advertising@mashable.com and we'll fill you in with all the details! More information and a discount code are in this post!

September 23-26, 2008: Returning to Sydney Australia in September for the 5th year, Web Directions South '08 once again features a two day conference of leading international and local experts in web design and development, two days of in depth workshops, parties, receptions and other networking events. Featured speakers this year include Jeffrey Veen, Derek Featherstone, Daniel Burka, Douglas Crockford, Jeff Croft, and Lynne D Johnson, who will cover front and back end web development, web app security, web design, interaction design, and much more. Check out Mashable's official announcement here.

September 29-30, 2008: InterAct 2008, to be held on September 29-30 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington DC, hopes to have 1,000 attendees each day, 65 exhibitors, and 35+ of the industries hottest talents speaking about proven methods to increase market share on the web, turnkey web solutions, user experience, search engine optimization, user interface design, branding, rich media, video, mobile media, social media, new business development, and networking, networking, networking. Want more information and a discount code? Hop on over to our conference post with all the deets!

October 6-8, 2008: Back for the second year, Virtual Worlds Forum Europe 2008 (VWF) isproduced by the Virtual Economic Forum, Europe's leading virtual worlds media company. Three days of congress, expo and workshops covering entertainment, enterprise, community, education, marketing, regulation, and finance... plus lots more. VWF is the place to make connections, be inspired and have fun.

October 20-21, 2008: Mashable is pleased to be collaborating with US-based Virtual Worlds Management to bring you to Virtual Worlds London, the premiere event focused on virtual worlds and Web 3D. Virtual Worlds London takes place 20-21 October 2008 in the heart of London at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. Virtual Worlds London is the leading event for businesses seeking to understand and maximize business strategies within virtual worlds. VW London is presented by leading VW business blog Virtual Worlds News. More information and a discount link is right over here.

October 21-23, 2008: Marketing Connections is a unique event focused on exploring the great power and strategic value in integrating all the pieces of the modern marketing landscape: both traditional and emerging. Most events today only present a sliver of the marketing mix — whether it's online, search, email, tv or radio. At MCONN, attendees will walk away with a holistic view of the broad spectrum of technologies, strategies and solutions at their disposal in this new marketing world — leading them back to their most important goal — generating effective outcomes for their customers. Get a discount code and more details in this post.

November 11-14, 2008: For anyone involved in the production, marketing, or management of an Internet web site - this is a must attend event to be held in Las Vegas, NV. PubCon covers search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), web hosting issues, domains & the domaining business, Internet video, podcasting, multimedia, and special sessions of interactive attendee site reviews. In addition, there are tracks on new marketing techniques, linking strategies, social media, and online advertising. Save 15% by using the code on our discount announcement.

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